Safaricom Chief Executive Peter Ndegwa (centre) with ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru (left) and Communications Authority of Kenya Acting Director-General Mercy Wanjau during the company’s launch of a 5G network in Nairobi on Friday, March 26, 2021. [Courtesy]Safaricom on Friday launched a fifth-generation (5G) mobile network, which it expects to pay a critical role in driving the company’s growth over the next decade. Safaricom said it will increase the number of towns with access to the 5G network to nine, served by 150 sites, over the next 12 months. Company Chairman Michael Joseph said the new network would set up the firm for growth as had the predecessors of 5G. The 5G network can support heavy internet traffic at super-fast speeds.

Source: Standard Digital March 26, 2021 19:51 UTC